Taya's Speech - Bullying

Room 1, Room 2, Room 14, Room 12 and Room 11 have been performing poems and speeches in anticipation for our Speech and Poem Recital Week 2, Term 4, Wednesday at 11am. Everyone is welcome to attend. Here is one of Room 1's Year 4 speeches.  Great speech Taya.

 Speech Cards
 P.1 let’s go and punch her because she’s smart’’. ‘‘ let’s go put a kick me sign on her back like we did yesterday’’. Hi my name is Taya and I have one question for you Have you ever been bullied? Bullying is when you or a group repeatedly say or do things hurtful to another person.

P.2 Bullying is an unhealthy habit to get into because if your hurting a person it could damage their life. There are many types of bullying today I’m going to talk about four kinds of bullying. Cyber bullying, Physical bullying, Verbal bullying and social bullying.

P.3 Cyber bullying is when you can get hold of a strangers or a person you knows email or cell phone number and start writing and sending hurtful comments. Those comments can make a person feel bad about themselves.

P.4 Another type of bullying is physical bullying which is when you hurt another person on purpose. This includes kicking, hitting, spitting, tripping, pinching and even frightening another person. If a bully does that to you, you could get badly injured.

P.5 The next one is verbal bullying. This is where you get name called all the time. It may be a nickname that someone gives you that they think is funny but it actually really hurts your feelings. Being called a name one two many times can hurt you more than a punch or a hit.

P.6 Lastly is social bullying. This is when you or groups ignore or leave me out on purpose. When you do that it leaves me feeling lonely and as if I have no friends.

P.7 sometimes these types of bullying can happen all at once like if I hit you and call you names. Remember if someone does that to you or someone you know then you should stand up to them by telling a person you trust like your parents or even your teacher.

P.8 If you let bullying go on it changes you. You become sadder and can affect the way you sleep, eat and get along with others. You may stop doing the things you used to enjoy and you may stop doing your best work at school.

P.9 In serious cases a you may feel so bullied that you change schools or you may think about attempting suicide. I hope you have learnt something from my speech and that you will think about the way you treat others.